Cairo, March 10: Sheikh Mohamed Sayed Tantawi, Grand Imam of Egypt's prestigious seat of Islamic learning Al- Azhar, died of a heart attack today in Riyadh in Saudi Arabia.
Sayed Tantawi, head of Al-Azhar, died during a visit to Riyadh, Egypt's state TV reported.
Tantawi, who was 82, was appointed Grand Mufti of Egypt in 1986. He held this position for almost ten years, until he was appointed Grand Sheikh of Al-Azhar Mosque and University in 1996.
The Grand Imam breathed his last at Riyadh's King Khalid International Airport from where he was supposed to fly to Cairo.
Tantawi was in the Saudi capital to participate in the award ceremony of King Faisal International Prize (KFIP).
His son Muhammad Sayyid Tantawi said the Grand Imam will be buried in Saudi Arabia.
--PTI
Grand Imam of Cairo
This end one of the current champion of royal pen writers, who is always read with custom made fatwas to please his masters and there masters, I wish he has learn more faith and wisdom, he has lost his faith for some small petty world gains which will not come to his benefits.
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